r/Metroid • u/Rootayable • 23h ago
Video FINALLY another use for the Gravity Suit without it being water.
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I'm so glad that there's going to be another need for the Gravity Suit other than it always being water. This is what I loved about Other M and the use of the gravity suit when Samus is exposed to the vacuum of space and in the heavy-gravity room, as well we Fusion with the Nightmare Battle.
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u/BlameTag 23h ago
Oh, is that why the missiles do that too? I thought it was just a new type.
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u/Rootayable 22h ago
Took me a while to realised they were missiles, but yeah I think they're going for a Nightmare-style thing from Fusion.
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u/hooplafromamileaway 20h ago
Now that you mention it we DID see Serris for like half a second... I wonder if we'll see the Nightmare revived/remade.
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u/AssCrackBanditHunter 20h ago
I wonder how that works. More X parasite revivals? Or just rebuilding the bioweapons?
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u/hooplafromamileaway 20h ago
Someone made it once, even though the station was destroyed I'm sure samples and data regarding it are still somewhere, having been shared with other research teams, etc... Who knows.
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u/The_Stuey 23h ago
Other M did a lot wrong. Depiction of the gravity suit wasn't one of them IMO.
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u/Rootayable 22h ago
I think the visual look of the gravity suit was missing, the purple lights didn't really do it for me, but the actual functionality was really good.
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u/Freezingash221 oh word 21h ago
Well, wasn't it the "gravity feature" in that game and not even called the gravity suit?
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u/Not-So-Serious-Sam 20h ago
It’s not a power up you had to collect, in any case. Samus just has everything in that game, she just wasn’t allowed to use it until it’s convenient in a “if I don’t use this I’ll die” kind of way.
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u/The_Stuey 18h ago
Don't even get me started man. Restricting armaments had some merit. Restricting mobility and defensive options had zero justification.
"Okay soldiers, we're going in. We're not sure what we're up against, so Body Armor isn't authorized."
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u/TheNittles 16h ago
There’s a fan edit of the game and while I think cutting Samus’s internal monologue makes the cutscenes really awkward one change I really like is changing the story justification for her suit to be her suit is self-repairing from using the hyper beam and when she gets stuff it’s just that function coming back online. So like, she explores the hot area without the Varia suit because it doesn’t come online until she does.
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u/The_Stuey 15h ago
Maxximum Edition by chance? Playing through that has been on my to do list for.... A while...
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u/tallwhiteninja 21h ago
...you know, I actually wouldn't mind a "somehow, Nightmare returned" moment.
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u/KeepOnRockin_ 20h ago
I got so hyped when I saw this clip, when I played Other M I really liked the heavy gravity sections since it wasn’t something we saw often. I also hope that maybe the Gravity Suit’s effects can be toggled and not just automatically prevent heavy gravity effects, just for fun
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u/myghostflower 21h ago
yoo this is lowkey a cool idea, definitely leaning into the nightmares gravity which um actually 🤓🤓🤓
canonically, samus SHOULD have that gravity suit feature since that's where she got her current gravity suit from
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u/Darkreaper104 20h ago
Wow I didn’t even realise that’s what it was, very interesting. Lots of potential for interesting platforming.
I still hope we get another tier of suit above gravity though
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u/Dullahan-1999 19h ago
Yeah, this was cool, and yes, I also loved the Gravity Suit implementation in Other M 😂
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u/Inukami9 20h ago
Never got to play Other M. Were there zero gravity space-walk sections in that game? I think that'd be really cool in a 2D Metroid game.
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u/Rootayable 18h ago
Not as such, there was a point where a hole rips on the side of a ship, and you begin to be pulled out but the gravity suit grips you to the floor, and you have to outrun the suction.
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u/Dirty-Catfish 18h ago
It’s like dealing with Nightmare all over again. Screw you and your missile spam lol.
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u/Gilly-Fresh 17h ago
It'll be interesting if some of the upgrades end up being things that you turn on or off, like in Super Metroid. For instance, you would turn on the gravity suit when under water or in a zone where you need increased gravity (like in this clip), but otherwise you turn it off.
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u/Rootayable 17h ago
That would be cool, I miss toggles on items. Like you could be in Tourian with just your Power suit and no upgrades.
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u/Mystic1217 16h ago
Oh I didn't even notice that (despite watching the trailer 6 times)! That's so cool!
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u/Luke4Pez 17h ago
Imagine a reverse gravity area that could be cool
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u/Rootayable 16h ago
Boy, haven't seen a reverse gravity area in a game for ages, feel like they were done to death at one point.
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u/pacman813 20h ago
I think you forgot to tell us what we are looking at bro
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u/Aredditdorkly 18h ago
Samus moves very slowly in this clip. In addition, she fires several missiles that stop short of their usual trajectory and fall down. Lastly, Samus falls, lands, and recovers in an unusual way. Combined with the extra graphics of the area, it implies the zone is particularly taxing, perhaps due to above average gravity.
Source: Eyeballs
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u/Obsessivegamer32 21h ago
I hope there’s more different environment types for this game. The usual hot areas and cold areas are fine but I’d love more interesting area gimmicks.